Ohio Plans New Security Guard Training Requirements

GARD Pro Not Registered

8 Hours Prerequisite Training Coming Soon

Ohio is in the process of mandating 8 hours of training for new security guard registrants before they start to work. A Department of Public Works committee has been researching security guard training requirements of other states to provide a benchmark for proposing the Ohio rules. The committee has also discussed:

tier training as an option

training costs

who provides the initial security guard training

forming a committee to approval the security guard training providers

training for firearms

who pays for the prerequisite training

All of these points aim to raise the standards within the private security industry. The committee’s goal is to have recommendations formed for new legislation in 2012.